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Insuring Cannabis Summit: Industry Deserves Lower Rates and More Capacity

Improved and more sophisticated risk management in the cannabis industry warrant reduced insurance costs and more capacity, says the head of risk management at one of the cannabis industry’s best-know publicly traded companies. Karl Long is senior director of risk …

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Biden’s Marijuana Pardon

There’s been no bigger cannabis news in the last few years than President Biden’s early October announcement that he intends to pardon all prior Federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana. However, with Biden’s move, one wonders what will come …

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Federal Legalization

It’s part of just about every cannabis conversation: “Hey, it looks like we’re close to seeing cannabis legalized. Is this the year?” There are three promising cannabis bills in Congress – two that would legalize or at least decriminalize cannabis, …

Wyoming Marijuana Signature Effort to Begin in Early September

Wyoming marijuana advocates plan to begin circulating petitions in September for two proposed ballot measures – one asking if the state should legalize medical marijuana, and the other if it should decriminalize pot. The Wyoming Attorney General’s Office this week …

2020 Predictions from Cannabis Industry Experts: More Insurance Business

More legalization in more states. More product liability risks. More regulations. More M&A. More of many things is what insurance professionals involved in the cannabis industry can expect in 2020. Insurance Journal asked four experts watching the cannabis and insurance …